Institute of Ecology and Evolution

Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution

Past Speakers 2017

Spring Semester 2017
Date Speaker Title
21.02.2017 Prof. Matthias Erb, IPS Secondary Metabolites as Determinants of Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky
28.02.2017 PD Dr. Jörg Romeis, Agroscope Assessing the environmental risk of insect-resistant transgenic plants
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig
07.03.2017 Dr. Jeff Pettis, Institute of Bee Health, University of Bern Effects of climate change on pollinator health and survival
Organiser: Prof. Dr. P. Neumann
14.03.2017 Aoife McLysaght, Trinity College Dublin Dosage sensitive genes in evolution and disease
Organiser: IEE junior staff
21.03.2017 Prof. Catherine Graham , WSL Linking patterns and processes across scales: a case study with Neotropical Hummingbirds
Organiser: IEE junior staff
28.03.2017 Prof. Judith Mank, University College London The genetic causes and consequences of sexual selection
Organiser: IEE junior staff
04.04.2017 Prof. Patrizia d'Ettorre , Université Paris XIII Recognition of identity and cognitive abilities in ants
Organiser: IEE junior staff
11.04.2017 Dr. Ben Woodcock, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK Managing bees in agriculture: Providing pollination in a hostile environment
Organiser: IEE junior staff
25.04.2017 Prof. Regina Lindborg, Stockholm University Multifunctional landscapes - managing for biodiversity in semi-natural grassland systems
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz
02.05.2017 Prof. Richard Durbin, Sanger Institute, Cambridge UK Inference of evolutionary history from whole genome sequences
Organiser: Prof. Dr. Laurent Excoffier
09.05.2017 Dr. Julian Glos, Universität Hamburg Loss of functional diversity in amphibians of Madagascar
Organiser: Dr. Stefan Hertwig
16.05.2017 Dr. Carole Smadja, Universität Montpellier Speciation as a question of smell and taste: genomics of reproductive isolation in mice and aphids
Organiser: IEE junior staff
23.05.2017 Dr. Colin Fontaine, Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris Citizen science and the temporal dynamic of natural communities
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig
30.05.2017 Exam

Autumn Semester 2017
Date Speaker Title
19.09.2017 Prof. Shinichi Nakagawa, The University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia Meta-analyzing biological topics and beyond: ageing, obesity and why girls are not in STEM
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky
26.09.2017 Dr. Mark Ravinet, University of Oslo How does introgression shape speciation?
Organiser: IEE junior staff
03.10.2017 Dr. Todd Katzner, Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, USA Ecological correlates of golden eagle flight behavior inform risk from wind energy development
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz
10.10.2017 Prof. Eric Allan, IPS Multitrophic interactions and the effects of biodiversity change on ecosystem functioning
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky
17.10.2017 Dr. Anne-Nathalie Volkoff/Dr. Jean-Michel Drezen , INRA, Montpellier/Université FR, Tour Endogenous viruses used by parasitic wasps to deliver virulence molecules to their hosts
Organiser: PD Dr. S. Klopfstein
24.10.2017 Prof. Deborah Charlesworth, University of Edinburgh Studying the evolution of the young sex chromosome of the guppy
Organiser: IEE junior staff
31.10.2017 Prof. Chris Jiggins, Cambridge University Hybridisation promotes diversity in tropical butterflies
Organiser: IEE junior staff
07.11.2017 Prof. John Baines, University of Kiel The role of host genetics in shaping the diversity of mammalian host-associated microbiota
Organiser: Prof. Dr. G. Heckel
14.11.2017 Prof. Benjamin Prud'homme, IBDM - Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille Evolution of pigmentation patterns and reproductive behaviors in Drosophila species
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
21.11.2017 Prof. Rudolf Meier, National University of Singapore From NGS barcodes to water eDNA: How new sequencing technologies will help with biodiversity discovery and monitoring at unprecedented scales
Organiser: Hannes Baur
28.11.2017 Prof. Alexandre Buttler, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Impact of climate change on mountain ecosystems in the Swiss Jura
Organiser: IEE junior staff
05.12.2017 Prof. Jane Stout, Trinity College Dublin Direct interactions between invasive plants and native pollinators
Organiser: IEE junior staff
12.12.2017 Prof. Anna Qvarnström , Uppsala University in Sweden Speciation - What can be learned from a flycatcher hybrid zone?
Organiser: IEE junior staff
19.12.2017 Exam